Base Sixty

from A Cup of Tea · host Jared

Happy New Year, steeps! In a celebration of the 60th A Cup of Tea episode, co-hosts Tal and Jared have a thought-provoking discussion involving the ancient base sixty (sexagesimal) numeral system created by the Sumerians. Despite being an antiquated counting system, base sixty has various modern-day applications which may surprise you. Aside from the banter around mathematical culture and natural phenomena, they each toast to the new Season 5 of the show while reflecting on what has led to this moment. ⁠Tal's "The Descent Into Illumination" on Spotify References 4:11 - Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? 28:19 - Ancient Babylonian Number System Had No Zero 41:47 - The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic

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